ASSIGNMENT 7 (Summary): Thoroughly summarize and reflect upon your entire 10 hour Field

Observation Placement.

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February 9, 2022: The teacher is using Heggerty to teach the students to identify words that rhyme.
They add, delete, and subtract phonemes to create new words. She uses group talk to determine if
words rhyme, how many sounds each word has, and to identify the middle sound. They practice ir
blending and then they write -ir and -ur words in their journals. The reading focus is “I can use
illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, and events and how they support
the words and phrases in the text. February 10, 2022: The teacher is practicing phonemic awareness
with the students. The focus is “I can decode r-controlled vowel spellings in words. The children write
-or words in their journals. They also write sentences using their sight words. February 14, 2022: The
class is recognizing sight words in text. They read sentences in the screen with sight words underlined.
Everyone reads together. They practice phonemic awareness, rhyming, deleting, adding, and
subtracting phonemes in words to create new words. They play a game where they must match -r
words to the pictures. They also play “What’s missing?” They finish by completing independent work on
their Chromebooks. February 15, 2022. The phonemic awareness focus is “I can read grade-
appropriate irregularly spelled words.” They practice their sight words. They also play “Word Detective.”
They identify rhyming words, and they practice adding, deleting, and subtracting phonemes in words to
create new words. The reading focus is to use illustrations and images in a text to describe its key
details. February 17, 2022: The teacher practices phonemic awareness with the students. They
practice writing their sight words in their journals. They are now practicing morphemes. In their journals,
they also write a growing sentence. Together they read “Let’s Visit the Moon.” February 18, 2022: The
class practices words we read with automaticity. They practice sight words, rhyming and adding,
deleting, and subtracting phonemes from words to create new words. The reading focus is “Paying
attention to key details by looking at pictures and text. They complete a moon phases activity with Oreo
cookies. The students learn about the phases of the moon by scraping of parts of the cream in the
cookie to represent the different phases of the moon. They read a story called’ “Catching the Moon.”
February 24, 2022: The class is practicing rhyming words. They practice blending with automaticity.
When a student makes a mistake, the teacher says’, “Its ok, no big deal, it’s a learning opportunity.”
They practice reading and writing their sight words and they write sentences. Their skill practice
consists of comparing and contrasting procedures and photographs. After the teacher’s lesson the
students pair up to discuss comparing and contrasting. February 28, 2022: The classroom watches
Ober TV. They play book BINGO. They practice phonemic awareness. They read and write their sight
words and write sentences. At 10:45 they participate in school wide “Drop Everything and Read.”
March 1, 2022: The class continues to participate in school wide activities to celebrate Nevada Reading
week. The play book BINGO and “Drop Everything and Read.” The phonemic awareness focus is “I can
recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. They read and write sight words and
write sentences. Together the class reads, “Far from Home.” This Field Observation was a great
experience for me. I learned a lot and was able to see what I was learning in class come to life in a
classroom. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to observe an experienced and amazing
teacher. I got to see her practice positive guidance and implement standards and curriculum. I got to
learn about the differences between formative and summative evaluations. I got to see small and large
group teaching and independent learning. I got to learn about the pros and cons of the teaching
profession. I learned about how a first-grade team works together to form a team for all their students. I
even got to witness parents come into the classroom to be guest readers during Nevada Reading
Week. Most importantly, I was able to observe a teacher who is truly passionate about her work and
really loves to teach. Watching this teacher makes me want to be a teacher more than ever before. I
could not have asked for a better mentor.